Where does “tutkijanura” come from?

tutkijanura (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

tutkijanura (Finnish): career as a researcher, research career

Definitions

  1. career as a researcher, research career

Ancestry of “tutkijanura”, step by step

tutkijanura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkijaresearcher
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-

via Finnish ura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuratrack, groove, rut; career; groove, slot, score
2Proto-Finnicuragroove
3Proto-Finno-Ugricura
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Finnish tutkia